BEST Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting. A lightened up cream cheese frosting perfect on cupcakes or your favorite cake recipe. You could also use Splenda to lower the sugar if you are on a restricted sugar diet. To soften slowly: Unwrap the cream cheese from the foil.

It's okay if it looks a little crumbly. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until totally combined and then beat in the salt and vanilla. If it's firm enough for your needs, frost your cake / cupcakes. You can cook BEST Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting using 3 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of BEST Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting

Prepare 250 grams of Block low fat cream cheese.
It's 1 tbsp of Vanilla Essence.
It's 1/2 cup of Icing Sugar.

Trouble Shooting for Runny Cream Cheese Frosting. This recipe produces a soft spreadable frosting which is thick and smooth. It works perfectly on cupcakes but this cream cheese frosting won't hold its shape well for piping flowers (as it's really soft). Cream Cheese Low fat cream cheese doesn't work well; use full fat only!

BEST Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting instructions

Place all ingedients in bowl. Mix well with an electric mixer until smooth and well combined..
Set aside in fridge and whisk again when ready to serve. You can be creative, adjusting the sweetness, adding whatever spices will suit. For example citrus rind and juice, Cinnamon, etc..

To use after refrigeration: bring frosting to room temperature. Then, add a little bit of milk and use your hand mixer to whip it until smooth. This is a wonderfully creamy frosting that goes well with pumpkin bread, carrot cake, chocolate cake, on cookies, or between cookies. Add the cream cheese, butter, and a pinch of salt to a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the powdered sugar and mix on the lowest speed until the sugar is incorporated.